April 5, 2009

We went and visited Wawel Castle today. We bought tickets to view the private apartments of the castle and also to see the Cathedral. Our tour for the private apartments wasn’t until 3:20 so we toured the Cathedral first. We all got audio guides and listened to our virtual guide as we walked about the Cathedral. It was a very interesting and engaging experience. I forgot my camera so I’ll have to get pictures from Ania later.

When we toured the private apartments, our group had many different people in it. It was an English tour but we had people from Sweden and Spain among the group members. The tour only took about 40 minutes but was very fascinating. Most of the paintings and artwork were extraordinary to look at as well as much of the Polish furniture. I really enjoyed the tour and would go back to the castle to visit other exhibitions that we didn’t see.

That night, we had pasta again but this time with chicken, peppers, and other vegetables. It was an experience trying to cook everything on this tiny stove with these tiny pots and pans. We called it another early night as we had our tour of Auschwitz in the morning.